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KSPR Closed Captioning Information
KSPR offers close captioning for our deaf and hearing impaired viewers. Severe weather cut-ins are live closed captioned on KSPR and The Ozarks CW. CLOSED CAPTIONING ISSUES THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ATTTENTION If you have a closed captioning...Tags: The CW (tv network)
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Deaf students secure broad support
The Wilson Daily Times, N.C.A bill that would create a task force on the educational services for deaf and hearing-impaired children jumped a major hurdle in the General Assembly Wednesday. The House unanimously passed House Bill 840, which ensures that deaf and hearing-impaired...Tags: Executive Branch, Education, Students, Politics, Schools
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Deaf artist brings skills to schools
Students in Palm Beach County who are deaf or hard of hearing will get a taste of visual storytelling from CJ Jones – an internally known deaf artist. Jones next week will conduct drama workshops at Indian Pines Elementary in Lake Worth, Palm...Tags: Palm Springs (Palm Beach, Florida), Lake Worth, Greenacres
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New ISD superintendent on the job
Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Ill.For Janice Smith-Warshaw, it's all about T-R-U-S-T. That is, thinking and talking about positive things, respecting each other, using the chain of command, supporting shared leadership and "together, everyone achieves more." This was the first thing...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Students, Washington, DC, Riverside (Cook, Illinois)
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Hearing Aid attached to tooth turning up the volume from some
36-million adults in the U-S report some degree of hearing loss. But only one in five people who could benefit from a hearing aid uses one. Now a new device that actually goes inside the *mouth* could help many hear much better. Remember how the...Tags: Physiology
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No hearing for this party: Deaf Fest draws hundreds to Boardwalk
The Santa Cruz SentinelJackie Collins of San Jose visited the Boardwalk on Saturday with about 500 people she shares a common, quiet bond with. Collins, 45, and many other deaf men and women celebrated the first Deaf Fest in Santa Cruz County with roller coaster rides, cotton...Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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Despite hearing disability, Apollo student plays on
St. Cloud Times, Minn.Abby Pekarna loves softball and especially loves her teammates on the St. Cloud Apollo softball team, including her cousin Mel Gebhardt. She's an editor on the yearbook, a manager on the wrestling team and has a smile that lights up the dugout. She'...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Sports, Softball, Students, Gebhardts
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Hearing officers oppose 13 of closings planned by CPS
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s push to shut 53 city elementary schools ran into an unexpected buzz saw of criticism Tuesday from hearing officers hired to vet the process, with several raising doubts about the wisdom of the proposals and recommending...
Tags: Students, Calumet Heights, Rahm Emanuel, Garfield Park, Teachers
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Deaf Awareness Day is Friday, May 10, at the Valley Mall
Deafnet Association Inc. is sponsoring Deaf Awareness Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 10, at the Valley Mall, 17301 Valley Mall Road, Hagerstown, featuring vendors serving the deaf community. Also from 1 to 2 p.m., state officials will lead a... -
Deaf motorist who got $93K from St. Paul hopes police learn from arrest incident
St. Paul Pioneer PressDoug Bahl, a deaf St. Paul man, said what happened to him at the hands of St. Paul police in 2006 was an "unnecessary tragedy," but he also hopes it "becomes a learning experience." Bahl, 62, spoke Thursday, May 9, the day after the City Council...Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Prisons, Lawyers
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Teenager's hearing aids 'a gift from God'
The Dayton Daily NewsAlyssa Kuykendall was due for some good luck. Twice within the past three years, her parent's home in Piqua was destroyed by fire. In 2010, a neighbor's house caught fire and the high winds blew the flames onto their house. Then in Sept. 2012, after...Tags: Meningitis, Phil McGraw, Physiology, Cell Phones, Middletown
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Hearing officers criticize CPS plans
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push to shut 53 city elementary schools ran into an unexpected buzz saw of criticism Tuesday from hearing officers hired to vet the process, with several raising doubts about the wisdom of the proposals and recommending against 13...
Tags: Students, Rahm Emanuel, Garfield Park, Teachers, Near North Side
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